They only had a ten month calender. The months of July and August didn't come about intil Julius Caesar and then Augustus Caesar they both took days from the other months to form these two months. Since the months of September thru December are named for the numbers 6-10.
Interesting though your post is, it is related to 300 how?
shareIn the movie when they went to see the oracle about fighting the Persian empire they couldn't go because it was in the month of August a month in which they didn't go out to fight it was a holy month. In that time frame there was no August. It may have been June or September but not August.
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Neither of those two would be known to ancient Greeks of the time.
And Greeks did divide a year into 12 months, as early as 8th BC.
The names of months differed from region to region, and their start/finish didn't correspond with our months. Even the year started at different seasons in different places (for some the year started in Summer, for some in late Autmn)
Attic callendar, for many the most well known, had these months for example:
Hekatombaion, Metageitnion,Boedromion, Pyanepsion, Maimakterion, Poseideon, Gamelion, Anthesterion, Elaphebolion, Mounichion, Thargelion, Skirophorion.
But it is almost impossible to synchronise it with others, such as Spartan for example. Some months, as Spartan Karneios, could be placed in summer in case of one or several poleis, while being a winter month in case of others.
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